Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize
Year:1950
Number:9 - 1
 
Nominee:
Name:Walter Robert Corti
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1910
Year, Death:1990
Profession:Journalist. Humanist.
Country:SWITZERLAND (CH)
 
Motivation:Corti founded the first Pestalozzi Children's Village in Switzerland to care for orphans and refugees displaced by the World War II.
 
Nominator:
Name:Hans Wehberg
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1885
Year, Death:1962
Profession:Member of the Institute of International Law. Member of the Commission of the Permanent International Peace Bureau.
University:Geneva Institute of International Law
City:Geneva
Country:SWITZERLAND (CH)
 
Comments: Wehberg also nominated Georges Scelle. Pestalozzi (1746-1827) was a Swiss humanitarian and educationalist who believed that it was his duty to help the poor and make them become valued members of society.